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Monday, July 19, 2010

Tonight on Monday, July 19, the bookstore The Beguiling is hosting a street party in Mirvish Village (Markham Street, a block west of Bathurst & Bloor) to celebrate the release of the 6th and final volume of the Scott Pilgrim vs. the World series entitled Scott Pilgrim's Finest Hour. Series author and former employee of The Beguiling Bryan Lee O’Malley will be on hand at 8pm to sign copies of his books, and after midnight when his new book when it officially becomes available.

The party begins at 9pm and will go until the bars close. Many other stores in Mirvish Village will be having Scott Pilgrim-related contests and events. For example, you can hear indie bands at The Central, enter a costume contest at the former David Mirvish Books, or play 8-bit video games at The Butler's Pantry, hosted by the Toronto Hand-Eye Society starting at 8pm.

The film version of Scott Pilgrim vs. the World, directed by Edgar Wright and starring Michael Cera, was filmed in Toronto including in and around that neighbourhood. The Canadian premiere takes place in Montreal's Fantasia International Film Festival and is released on August 13.

The highly-anticipated
FINAL VOLUME of the Epic Scott Pilgrim graphic novel series from Oni
Press will be released on Tuesday July 20th... but internationally
renown comic book store The Beguiling knows that real fans Just Can't
Wait That Long! To celebrate the release of this phenomenal graphic
novel, they're going to be throwing A GREAT BIG PARTY ON MONDAY JULY
19TH STARTING AT 9PM, which will culminate in the official release of
SCOTT PILGRIM VOLUME 6: SCOTT PILGRIM’S FINEST HOUR at
12:01am--midnight!

Best of all, hometown-boy author Bryan Lee
O'Malley will be on-hand to sign copies of the book, meet fans, and kick
off the whole celebration! And we're thrilled to announce that many of
The Beguiling's great neighbours on Markham St. are getting in on the
act and there'll be tons of amazing events going on all evening,
starting at 9pm! Here's the complete run-down of events happening this
evening:

AT THE BEGUILING, 601 MARKHAM STREET: Open Until 1amThe
Beguiling will be selling copies of Scott Pilgrim Volume 1-5, and
assorted (and rare!) Scott Pilgrim merchandise -- open until 1am!

8pm-9:30pm:
Author Bryan Lee O’Malley will be signing for fans8pm-1am: Poster
artist Michael DeForge will be on hand with copies for sale of the
awesome Launch Party Poster, and a special T-Shirt featuring the promo
art (seen above)! http://kingtrash.com/12:01am: At
MIDNIGHT, GET YOUR COPY OF SCOTT PILGRIM VOLUME 6: SCOTT PILGRIM’S
FINEST HOUR! Bonus: All people purchasing or picking up copies of Scott
Pilgrim at the event will receive, free, a limited edition commemorative
5"x7" print featuring exclusive new Scott Pilgrim art by Bryan Lee
O'Malley!12:01am to Last Call: Bryan Lee O'Malley will be signing
copies of Scott Pilgrim Volume 6 for fans. Sorry, we won't be able to
accommodate sketch requests this evening.12:01am: The band SISTER
will be giving away copies of their new EP to the first 50 people in
line at midnight!

AT THE CENTRAL, 603 MARKHAM STREET: 9pm-2amThe
Central will feature a full-line up of great bands for fans of Scott
Pilgrim, starting at 9pm! We've given approximate start times for each
of the bands below, but they _are_ approximate so show up a little
early... or for the whole show!

AT ROCCO’S PLUM
TOMATO, 585 BLOOR ST. W (at Markham) 8pm-1amThe Chill-Out space!
Rocco’s will be adding a special menu this evening in addition to their
regular awesome food and great patio. A great DJ will be spinning all
evening and:

9pm: Universal Music Canada and ABKCO have teamed up
with The Beguiling to do a World-Exclusive Premiere Listening Party for
SCOTT PILGRIM VS. THE WORLD, THE MOTION PICTURE SOUNDTRACK. Featuring
new music by Beck, Metric, and Broken Social Scene, this is the most
hotly-anticipated soundtrack of the year! Listening Party will start at
9PM, and we'll run through the complete soundtrack twice!10pm:
Encore Presentation of the SCOTT PILGRIM VS. THE WORLD Movie Soundtrack.

AT
(the former) DAVID MIRVISH BOOKS, 596 MARKHAM STREET at 10:30pmCOSTUME
CONTEST! Come dressed as your favourite Scott Pilgrim character! All
participants will receive a prize, and there will be a grand prize for
the best costume!

To enter, simply register at The Beguiling (601
Markham St) between 6pm and 10pm on the day of the event July 19th. The
contest will occur at 10:30pm in front of 596 Markham St.

Good
news: We've confirmed that we'll be giving away pre-release copies of
Mighty Fine's SCOTT PILGRIM VS. THE WORLD T-Shirts to Costume Contest
winners! Also available will be Beguiling and Suspect Video Gift
Certificates...! http://www.welovefine.com/shop/SCOTT-PILGRIM/

AT BUTLER’S
PANTRY, 591 MARKHAM STREET 8pm-MidnightChill out and relax on the
patio or indoors with some awesome video games and
music-from-videogames!

8:00PM & 11:00pm: Check out the WORLD
PREMIERE OF AWESOME VIDEO GAME MUSIC by ANAMANAGUCHI! Maybe it's from
some sort of Scott Pilgrim related game? Listening parties will happen
at 8pm and 11pmhttp://www.anamanaguchi.com/8:00PM: Join the fine folks from
THE TORONTO HAND-EYE SOCIETY as they demo awesome indy video games free
to play for the evening! http://handeyesociety.com/8:00PM:
Play some classic 8-bit and 16-bit video games to get yourself in the
'mood' for the big event! NES and SNES games and play courtesy of the
fine folks at A&C Games, http://www.acgamesonline.com/.11:00pm: Encore presentation of
Anamaguchi's awesome "Video Games" music! Seriously, this will be
awesome.

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The events kick off at 9pm but everyone's
welcome to visit the street early and have dinner at one of the many
great restaurants, or visit some of the excellent shops.